The ARIA Awards are over for another year with Chet Faker and Sia both taking home multiple awards.
Chet Faker won Best Male Artist while Sia is Australia’s Best Female Artist.
Chet also won Best Independent Release for ‘Built On Glass’ while Sia also won Best Pop Release for 1000 Forms of Fear, Album of the Year and Best Music Video.
Australia’s other two international successes 5 Seconds Of Summer and Iggy Azalea both also won awards.
ARIA Award winners 2014
Album of the Year – Sia
Best Female Artist – Sia, 1000 Forms Of Fear
Best Male Artist – Chet Faker, Built On Glass
Best Adult Contemporary Album – Neil Finn & Paul Kelly, Goin’ Your Way
Song Of the Year – 5 Seconds Of Summer, ‘She Looks So Perfect’
Best Rock Album – Dan Sultan, Blackbird
Best Urban Album – Hilltop Hoods, Walking Under Stars
Best Country Album – Kasey Chambers, Bittersweet
Breakthrough Artist – Iggy Azalea, The New Classic
Best Blues And Roots Album – John Butler Trio, Flesh & Blood
Best Group – Sheppard, Bombs Away
Best Independent Release – Chet Faker, Built On Glass
Best Dance Release – Peking Duk, ‘High’
Best Australian Live Act – Keith Urban, Light The Fuse Tour
Best Children’s Album – The Wiggles, Apples & Bananas
Best Comedy Release – Buddy Goode, It’s A Buddy Goode Christmas
Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album – DZ Deathrays, Black Rat
Best Pop Release – Sia, 1000 Forms Of Fear
Best Video – 1000 Forms Of Fear directed by Sia and Daniel Askill
ARIA Hall of Fame – Molly Meldrum and Countdown
ARIA Industry Icon 0 Denis Handlin